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During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

By Anjana Ahuja, The Times [UK] | 08.22.2005
HAVE YOU EVER gazed in pity at a couple with three sons? Do you shoot sympathetic glances at families with...
By YouGov, YouGov | 08.19.2005

Assuming the cloning of babies was proved safe for both the baby and the woman carrying it, which of the...

By The Guardian, The Guardian | 08.16.2005

The option for parents to select the sex of their next baby to balance their family is raised in a...

By Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Sun | 08.15.2005

B.C. Health Minister George Abbott says he plans to contact his federal counterpart, Ujjal Dosanjh, this week to express his...

By The Times of Trenton, The Times of Trenton | 08.15.2005

TRENTON - The state Commission on Science and Technology yesterday said it will begin accepting applications for the $5 million...

By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 08.13.2005

People who suffer a serious medical setback often can't come to grips with it. Paralyzed stroke victims, for instance, sometimes...

By The Times, The Times | 08.12.2005

CLINICS could soon be screening embryos for genes that carry a predisposition to breast cancer and other tumours.

The Human...

By Andrew J. Imparato and Anne C. Sommers, Washington Examiner | 08.10.2005

With the mapping of the human genome, potential for improving the quality of life for people with painful and degenerative...